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PeterK FishChip	This year, lots of soundtrack CDs of both old and new music have been pumped out of CD factories with no regard. Now, look back to a point where you had a good-sized list of soundtracks you considered holy grails or holy hopefuls... How has your list changed in the past few years? Is your #1 holy grail still at the top? What is or was it? What is your holy hopeful these days? Was there something you always wanted that eventually came out as a limited edition, yet you somehow missed out?? We are collectors. It is our nature to always want something that is just out of reach. Woe is the day when we have it all!
posted 12-09-2004 10:47 AM PT (US)

SplbrgWlms Standard Userer	I still want a freakin' awesome Black Sunday release. My version still gets me going, but I think I could just forget about all the troubles in the world for just one minute if I had this disc in my player. I want to tear this house apart with that BLIMP BASS!
posted 12-09-2004 11:23 AM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	The only part about my wish list that keeps changing is the "Get Rid Of" section.
posted 12-09-2004 11:24 AM PT (US)

MarkA Standard Userer	James Horner's The Journey of Natty Gann is still on the list.
posted 12-09-2004 11:30 AM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	Still waiting for Disney to become the "good guys" and release Disney scores. Start with Goldsmith's One Little Indian, please.
posted 12-09-2004 11:54 AM PT (US)

Alexborn007 Standard Userer	Back to the Future is still at the top of the list, and will probably stay there for a long time. Ghostbusters is another holy hopeful, but that seems even less likely than BTTF. Although, other titles (while not grails per se) like Predator and Die Hard have been released. It seems that more and more stones are being turned over with soundtracks, so perhaps there is hope in seeing those studio hearts grow, and their vaults opening. As far as Ltd. Editions go, the only one I've missed out on is "Omega Man" and "The Towering Inferno". I didn't even know they existed until it was too late!
posted 12-09-2004 12:47 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	I suppose some obvious grails of differing metal: Yared's Troy Rabin's Texas Rangers slightly more silver age: Paul Smith's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea... more contemporary: Joel Goldsmith's once-planned release for The Untouchables television series seemed like it came this close.....Phillipe Sarde's Pirates....Goldsmith's Innerspace...
posted 12-09-2004 12:49 PM PT (US)

Steve Hughes Standard Userer	I'll never rest until I have Harold Faltermeyer's TANGO & CASH...
posted 12-09-2004 01:20 PM PT (US)

wilbur gray Non-Standard Userer	Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein by Frank Skinner.
posted 12-09-2004 06:10 PM PT (US)

PeterD Standard Userer	Goldsmith's THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER is still at the top of my holy grail list, with Stothart's NORTHWEST PASSAGE in second place. I'm not hopeful that either one will ever happen.
posted 12-09-2004 06:11 PM PT (US)

rkeaveney Standard Userer	Elfman's classic comedy trilogy: SUMMER SCHOOL HOT TO TROT SCROOGED Ryan
posted 12-09-2004 07:38 PM PT (US)

BigT1981 Standard Userer	Number one for me would be Back To The Future The Full Score. Followed after that would be the 2-disc set for Star Wars Ep II. Hopefully with July, 3rd 2005 being the 20th Anniversary for BTTF Part I either MCA or Varese releases the full score for it. That's hoping though... Trent [Message edited by BigT1981 on 12-09-2004]
posted 12-09-2004 10:24 PM PT (US)

ridan Non-Standard Userer	Mine would be complete releases of all of the Indiana Jones scores, especially Temple of Doom and Last Crusade.
posted 12-10-2004 05:54 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	My holy grail list has just about disapeared now that I finally got a copy of "55 Days at Peking." The list exists neither on paper nor on computer, but in my head. I would like a CD with ALL the tracks to "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," but will probably have to be satisfied with the suite in the upcoming Ron Goodwin compilation. I'll buy the "633 Squadron" CD when it comes out, too, but I already have this on vinyl. My search for music from "Mystery Alaska" was what first drove me to the old "Dr. Tunes" site and my migration with the "Doc" to this site. And I would still like to see this released sometime in the future -- probably as part of a Carter Burwell compilation. There just isn't enough music in the movie to fill out a decent CD. These would be the only titles that I would consider part of a holy grail list. [Message edited by Marc Flake on 12-10-2004]
posted 12-10-2004 07:14 AM PT (US)

SBD Standard Userer	Managing to get this down to five: Addams Family Reunion (Amotz Plessner) Big Trouble (James Newton Howard) The Sandlot (David Newman; what could be keeping these labels?! It's a Fox score, for crying out loud!) Small Soldiers - complete (Jerry Goldsmith) When Time Ran Out... (Lalo Schifrin)
posted 12-10-2004 08:15 AM PT (US)

MWRuger Standard Userer	The Caine Mutiny is still on my list. Acquiring a LP-CD transfer of the RCA album did nothing to assuage it. Ghostbusters Back to the Future Spartacus Bladerunner Stripes Greystoke Quo Vadis Matilda Some of these are simply impossible or nearly so, but the quest for the grail should be a knight's greatest challenge!
posted 12-10-2004 11:08 AM PT (US)

Ron Pulliam Standard Userer	There are countless treasures out there...some in varying degrees restoration. Much Friedhofer, one of my favorites, is lost due to deterioration of master elements. I understand "some" bits from various scores survive and we may get something of them in the future. But first and foremost, and until such time as it happens, only "SPARTACUS" merits the top spot on my wish list. It's, arguably, the finest score ever written for a motion picture, IMO. As I already have the other four of my personal "top 5", I could be contented if "SPARTACUS" got released in my lifetime. IF not, whatever pops up is usually pretty good, although I'd love a definitive mastering of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Alfred Newman and of John Williams' "Monsignor.
posted 12-10-2004 11:48 AM PT (US)

enigmaron Standard Userer	MY TOP 10 HOLY GRAIL SOUNDTRACK WANT LIST ON CD: 1.Warning Shot-1967...Jerry Goldsmith 2.The Howling-1981...Pi�o Donaggio 3.Rebel Without a Cause-1955...Leonard Rosenman 4.The Apartment-1960...Adolph Deutsch 5.Parrish-1961...Max Steiner 6.Divorce American Style-1967...Dave Grusin 7.Bachelor in Paradise-1961...Henry Mancini 8.Adventures of a Young Man-1962...Franz Waxman 9.Two Weeks In Another Town-1962...David Raksin 10.Is Paris Burning-1966...Maurice Jarre [Message edited by enigmaron on 12-11-2004]
posted 12-11-2004 04:50 AM PT (US)

lancer Standard Userer	I have found many holy grails in my lifetime, but I would truly like an official score release of heavy metal by elmer bernstien, even though I have a ripped version. I would also like an official the howling score, even though the ripped version I have of it is almost perfect(a true collector is never satisfied until its official).
posted 12-11-2004 07:56 PM PT (US)

SBD Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by enigmaron: 7.Bachelor in Paradise-1961...Henry Mancini At least one of our dreams is coming true: http://www.screenarchives.com/fsm/detailCD.cfm?ID=318
posted 12-12-2004 08:24 PM PT (US)

mgh Standard Userer	Goldsmith: One Little Indian Goldsmith: The Man Goldsmith: Sebastian Goldsmith: Warning Shot Bernstein: God's Little Acre Small: Comes A Horseman Gross: Valdez Is Coming
posted 12-14-2004 03:20 AM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Standard Userer	While my list of Holy Grails is a long one the complete and original releases of the the following would satisfy me for quite some time. Spartacus Airplane Ghostbusters The Hallelujah Trail Back To The Future Monsignor Indiana Jones & Temple Of Doom Indiana Jones & Last Crusade Quo Vadis El Cid Black Sunday Gremlins Star Trek V Psycho Marnie Images The Sugarland Express
posted 12-14-2004 07:34 AM PT (US)

Ken S Standard Userer	I still can't understand how on earth Walt Disney Records did produce an excellent re-recorded suite of CINDERELLA's (1950) score, and DID NOT do the same thing with SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)???!!!??? Arrrgghhh. My holy grail will always be, not an entire score nor soundtrack, but simply the Climax Chase of SNOW WHITE as pure music. And a re-recording with 100+ member symphony orchestra would not hurt this most spectacular Disney score of all time. KEN "Some day my prints will come..."
posted 12-14-2004 07:53 AM PT (US)

Philipp Standard Userer	The Marathon Man (Michael Small) Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Philipp np: x-men 2 (john ottman)
posted 12-14-2004 10:07 AM PT (US)

Scorro Standard Userer	Delerue: Tours Du Monde Tours Du Ciel Sublime, and my beloved copy = kaput
posted 12-14-2004 11:47 AM PT (US)

Bond1965 Standard Userer	Was and probably forever will be: "Hanover Street" by John Barry James
posted 12-14-2004 01:41 PM PT (US)

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